Estela Quesada
Elk Grove,CA
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
School Office Assistant
Zehnder Ranch Elementary
ELK GROVE, CA
12.2022 - Current
- Review school and District policies and producers. Prepare school attendance and resolve attendance reporting issues and correct reports as necessary.
- Responsible for performing tasks in supporting parents with student registrations and enrolling students in a timely manner.
- Serve as a liaison between students, parents, and staff and outside agencies regarding District attendance polices, procures, rules and regulations.
- Communicating with EG School District for scheduling and coordinate meetings, appointments and conferences for school site administrators and staff, maintain calendars.
- Participate in school planning projects activities for the school year.
- Maintained accurate records of student attendance, grades, and other important information in school database.
- Provided administrative support during registration periods by entering new student data into system.
- Coordinated with internal departments on a variety of tasks related to school operations.
- Performed administrative duties.
Paraeducator, Special Education
Elliott Ranch Elementary
Elk Grove, CA
09.2017 - 12.2022
- Served as classroom aide to teachers and worked one-on-one with special needs students age 7 to 12
- Offered students personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support
- Handled clerical duties, managed classrooms and coordinated documents for teachers
- Completed documentation on student behaviors, interventions and results
- Collect data behavior on student
- Assist students to meet their IEP goals
- Applied positive reinforcement to redirect negative behaviors
- Supplied one-on-one attention to each student during group activities
- Worked with students with specialized needs to accomplish tasks and build practical skills
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs
- Supported students in developing strategies for individual and group learning
- Encouraged student empathy of others to build confidence and improve self-image
- Facilitated functional life skills development in students with autism through explicit instruction and repetition to entrench skills
- Assisted children at stations during small-group learning periods.
Payroll Specialist
State Controller's Office
Sacramento, CA
07.2000 - 03.2005
- Complied with state laws, rules, regulations and bargaining contract concerning payroll transactions
- Research, resolve inquiries, problems regarding payroll documentations and procedures
- Process a variety of payroll transactions necessary to update files, histories and generate daily payrolls and supplemental master payroll
- Reviewed, investigate, audit computer generate error messages regarding adjustments and position actions
- Abstracting and analyzing detailed information and determine correct computations on payroll deductions
- Process payroll adjustment notice and account receivable
- Establish AR's for benefits
- Utilize reference manuals for unknown issue that may occur
- Request and obtain duplicate w-2's, subpoenas, employment history and audit discrepancy payroll reports
- Received calls from state department and respond to a variety of payroll inquiries, problems regarding payroll documents and procedures.
Office Assistant
State Controller's Office
Sacramento, CA
11.1993 - 07.2000
- Greeted visitors or callers daily to handle questions or direct to appropriate staff
- Assist state employees requesting corrected w-2's and payroll information
- Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents
- Keeping inventory of office supplies and ordering new materials as needed
- Offered diverse clerical support to office team members, managed correspondence, answered telephone calls Routed agreements, contracts and invoices through signature process
- Collected and coded various documents to prepare for filing and processing
- Screen applicants for future employment and schedule interviews.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
California State University Sacramento
05.2000
Skills
- Educational assistance
- Activity planning
- Educational support
- Individual instruction
- Excellent classroom management
- Behavioral/cognitive skills development
- Social skills development
- Skill building support
- Basic clerical knowledge
- Problem Solving Skills
- Teamwork
- Responsibility
- Attention to detail
- Fluent in Spanish
- Computer skills
Languages
Spanish, A1
Timeline
School Office Assistant
Zehnder Ranch Elementary
12.2022 - Current
Paraeducator, Special Education
Elliott Ranch Elementary
09.2017 - 12.2022
Payroll Specialist
State Controller's Office
07.2000 - 03.2005
Office Assistant
State Controller's Office
11.1993 - 07.2000
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
California State University Sacramento
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